Collapsible sign



R. L. BYBEE April 18, 1939.

COLLAPSIBLE SIGN Filed July 7, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor A ttorneus Patented Apr. 18, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COLLAPSIBLE SIGNRobert Lee Bybee, Horseshoe Bend, Idaho Application July 7, 1938, SerialNo. 218,026

1 Claim. (01. 40-425) My invention relates to improvements in signs atopposite sides of the chamber 4, respectively,

of the collapsible type. to be extended vertically out of, the chamberor I The invention is designed with the particular collapseddownwardlyinto the same. v purpose in view of providing a sign structure for Theupper ends of the lazy tongs II are con 5 use in danger zones, such aswhere explosives are nected by a laterally flanged bridge member I5 5being unloaded or manufactured, and which is pivotally connected to saidtongs, as at I6,.'tov simple in construction economical to manufacswingthereon. A suitable sign panel I'I having ture, may be readily collapsedinto compact form the appropriate legend I8 thereon shown in the forcarrying or when not in use, and easily exdrawings is fixed edgewise tosaid bridge member 1o tended for use when desired. I5 by feet I9 thereonsoldered to said member. -10

To the accomplishment of the foregoing, and said panel in the normalposition of the bridge subordinate objects presently appearing, apremember extending above the lazy tongs I I but ferred embodiment of myinvention has been ilbeing swingable with said member about thepivlustrated in the accompanying drawings, set forth ots I6 of thelatter to fold downwardly between in detail in the succeedingdescription, and dethe upper ends of said lazy tongs. 15

fined in the claim appended hereto. The manner in which the device isused will be In said drawings: obvious. Suflice to explain, that when itis de- Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of my imsired to use thedevice the lazy tongs II are exproved sign showing the same extended,tended out of the chamber 4 to the desired extent v Figure 2 is a viewin end elevation, and panel I! swung into normal upstanding posi- 20Figure 3 is a view in side elevation with the tion to display the legendthereon. When it is parts collapsed, desired to fold the device thepanel I1 is swung Figure 4 is a view in horizontal section takendownwardly between the upper ends of the lazy on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1looking downwardly, ton-gs II and the latter are then collapsed intoFigure 5 is a view in transverse section taken the chamber 4. When fullycollapsed, the lazy 25 on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1 looking in thedirection tongs II are hidden in the chamber 4 likewise indicated by thearrows, the panel I! as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3.

Figure 6 is a view in longitudinal section taken The foregoing will, itis believed, sufiice to imon the line 6-6 of Fig. 2, and part a clearunderstanding of the invention withv Figure 7 is a view in perspectiveof one of the out further explanation. 30

guides. Manifestly modifications in structure and ar- Referring to thedrawings by numerals, the rangement of parts described may be resortedto sign of my invention comprises a substantially without departing fromthe inventive concept elliptical base I of wood or any other suitableand right is herein reserved to such modifications material and which isstepped to provide an enfalling within the scope of the subjoined claim.35

larged lower portion 2 for imparting balance and What is claimed is:stability to thedevice. The base I is apertured A device of the classdescribed comprising a to provide an elongated chamber 4 therein thebase having a chamber therein open at the top walls of which are steppedin conformity with and bottom thereof, a pair of lazy tongs, means thebase I, the chamber being open at its top to mount said tongs in saidchamber in laterally 40 and closed at its bottom by a panel 5 mortisedspaced relation for extension and retraction out into said base andsecured thereto by screws 6. of and into said chamber comprising a platese- The panel 5 supports a pair of guides I extendcured to the underface of said base and closing ing along opposite sides of the chamber 4,respecthe bottom of. the chamber, a pair of guides setively, in parallelrelation and each comprising a cured to said plate in said chamber atopposite 45 pair of upper and lower fiat bars 8 spaced apart sidesthereof, respectively, a pair of rod-like rollby spacers 9 interposedbetween the ends thereof, ers extending through corresponding ends ofsaid said guides being anchored to said panel 5 by tongs and into saidguides, a sign bearing panel, screws I0 extending through opposite endsthereand means pivotally mounting said panel on the of and through saidpanel. The guides I support other ends of said tongs for swingingmovement 60 a pair of lazy tongs II having lower ends I2 pivof the panelinto and from an inverted position otally mounted on a pair of rollersI3 the ends between said tongs, said plate being removable of whichextend into said guides I and roll thereto detach the same together withthe lazy tongs in, the arrangement being such that the pair of and saidpanel as a unit.

lazy tongs I I extend upwardly from said rollers ROBERT LEE BYBEE. 5

